Astrid Boons: Deep Time

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While the first chapter, KHÔRA, contemplates a new post-human world, Deep Time explores the boundaries of our adaptability in this parallel universe. 

Through shapeshifting, three performers use natural elements from their new environment to survive. In these transformations, they redefine both their identities and the connections between them. Boons raises an intriguing question: is our ability to adapt finite? And what does this ability to transform and mutate mean for our humanity? Deep Time is a physical journey that invites us to reflect on the evolution of humankind.

Choreographer Astrid Boons continues to impress with her sculptural approach to dance, which deeply resonates on a visceral level. Driven by existential questions, she weaves philosophical and emotional layers into a physical language of her own. In her new triptych, of which Deep Time is the second part, Boons explores what it means to be human in an increasingly digital age. She invites us to reconnect with our bodies and reflect on how we want – and are able – to live and (co)exist.

“I strongly believe in the need to think about the direction in which we are evolving as a society. As we move further into the digital age, we enter a zone where we are ‘upgrading’ humans in order to survive. Technology, which seemingly makes our lives easier, appears to make our bodies less and less important. Through my work, I want to reconnect with ourselves by experiencing the body — not just individually, but also collectively.” 

–Astrid Boons